Las Vegas Review-Journal

BALTIMORE RAVENS 19, JACKSONVIL­LE JAGUARS 17

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At EverBank Field, Jacksonvil­le, Florida ■ RECAP: Justin Tucker kicked four field goals, including a decisive 54-yarder with 1:02 remaining, and the Ravens (3-0) remained unbeaten by edging Jacksonvil­le (0-3).

The fourth quarter featured four intercepti­ons, a muffed punt, a blocked field goal and a huge fourth-down conversati­on. The fourth-down play — Joe Flacco’s short pass to Steve Smith — helped set up Tucker’s kick.

The Ravens are 3-0 for the third time in franchise history and first time since 2009. Flacco completed 29 of 40 passes, including a franchise-record 21 in a row, for 214 yards. The completion streak ended on a Mike Wallace third-quarter drop. The Jaguars are 0-3 for the third time in four years and surely will hear more talk about coach Gus Bradley’s job security. Bradley is 12-39 in four seasons, the second-worst winning percentage of any NFL coach with at least 50 games.

The blame for this one fell on Jacksonvil­le quarterbac­k Blake Bortles and an offense that had plenty of chances down the stretch. The Ravens turned the ball over on three consecutiv­e possession­s in the fourth — Devin Hester muffed a punt, and Flacco threw back-to-back intercepti­ons — and gave Jacksonvil­le the ball in field-goal range all three times.

The Jaguars came away with three points, with the other possession­s ending on the second of Bortles’ three intercepti­ons and Jason Myers’ blocked field goal.

■ QUOTABLE: “It was controlled chaos (in the fourth quarter). We make it interestin­g, and I think we make it more interestin­g than we really like.” — Smith

■ NEXT: Raiders at Ravens (-3½), 10 a.m. Sunday; Colts at Jaguars (-1) at London, 6:30 a.m. Sunday

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